Water World
Vietnam warns of water conflicts
Nations could soon be engaged in conflicts over access to water, Vietnam's president warned Friday, as he called for sustainable exploitation of Southeast Asia's Mekong River.
Legacy Reports
Vietnam sends highly enriched uranium to Russia
Vietnam has sent a shipment of highly enriched uranium used at its Soviet-built Dalat research reactor to Russia as part of a fuel conversion plan agreed with the United States, an official said Monday.
Shake And Blow
Vietnam puts typhoon losses at $1.6BN; Tropical Storm Bebinca kills six in Philippines
Typhoon Yagi caused $1.6 billion in economic losses in Vietnam, state media said Monday, as the UN's World Food Programme said the deadly floods it triggered in Myanmar were the worst in the country's recent history.
Superpowers
Vietnam slams China over military drills in disputed sea
Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway.
Shake And Blow
Vietnam puts Typhoon Yagi economic losses at $3.3 billion
Vietnam suffered $3.3 billion in economic losses as a result of deadly Typhoon Yagi, which swept across the country's north earlier this month causing hundreds of fatalities, state media reported Saturday.
Shake And Blow
Vietnam plans to evacuate one million people as storm Noul approaches
Vietnam is planning to evacuate more than one million people as a severe tropical storm bears down on its central coastal region, threatening flooding and landslides, authorities said Thursday.
Epidemics
Vietnam hit by new ‘highly-toxic’ bird flu: reports
A new highly-toxic strain of the potentially deadly bird flu virus has appeared in Vietnam and is spreading fast, according to state media reports.
Water World
Vietnam investigating new fish deaths
Vietnam is investigating new mass fish deaths along its central coast, an official said Friday, months after a major steel plant was blamed for a toxic leak that wiped out tonnes of marine life in the fishing hub.
Froth And Bubble
Vietnam holds think tank chief in latest green detention
Vietnam has detained the director of an independent energy policy think tank, a rights group said Wednesday, the sixth person working on environmental issues taken into custody in the past two years.
Del.icio.us
Vietnam flood toll up to 32: official
The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has increased to at least 32, with five others still reported missing, disaster officials said Sunday.
Farm News
Vietnam farmers lose their blooms as floods claim crops
Vietnamese farmer Do Hong Yen estimates she lost tens of thousands of dollars when her valuable peach blossom crop was swamped by muddy waters in Hanoi's worst flooding in two decades.
Froth And Bubble
Vietnam court jails climate activist for tax evasion
Vietnam jailed a leading climate activist for three years for tax evasion Thursday, a sentence her family condemned as "unfair", as the communist state ramps up a crackdown on environmentalists.
Water World
Vietnam fishermen sue Taiwan firm over mass fish deaths
Hundreds of fishermen in central Vietnam have filed lawsuits demanding more compensation from a Taiwanese firm accused of dumping toxic waste in the ocean that killed tonnes of fish, activists said Tuesday.
Froth And Bubble
Vietnam jails climate activist for tax evasion; Thai court drops charges over murdered activist
A Vietnamese court on Thursday jailed a leading climate activist for tax evasion, the latest environmentalist put behind bars by the communist government.
Shake And Blow
Vietnam flood toll hits 21
At least 21 people have been killed as flash floods and landslides ravaged mountainous areas in northern Vietnam, disaster officials said Friday.
Shake And Blow
Vietnam evacuates 59,000 as typhoon floods toll climbs to 127
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on Tuesday as massive floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, while the…